Hello Gary,

referring to your request I suggest that you consider mandolin tuning (GDAE) instead of the Standard Tenor Banjo tuning (CGDA). This is not uncommon among Irish musicians, there is a book by Gerry O`Connor for that style. And it has the advantage that there are loads of mandolin tablature on the net (try mandolincafe.com and its links esp. W. Knuth`s site - or jaybuckey.com; the last two sites mentionend have some easier stuff).

And that banjo is worth to have a proper set-up.

All the best

Ernest